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the district of Shlrgah, where the Talar leaves the foothills South
of that town.
In 1917, 3 Governors, Mu’tamad-ud-Dauleh, Zahir-ud-Dauleh
and AzId-us-Sultan, followed each other in quick succession, all
equally useless and inacceptable either to Amir Mu’aiyid or
to Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jalil, both of whom were busy the while in consolidat
ing their position in their respective spheres of Mazandaran.
At this time the Jangall Ittihad-i-Islam was becoming pro
minent in Gilan. The link between the Mazandaranis and the
Jangalis was Salar Fatih (No. 61) of Kujur, who in February
1918 looted Sipah Salar s properties around Khurramabad.
Sahm-ul-Mamalik, eldest son of Amir Mu’aiyid, with a party of
Savad Ivuhls participated in the foray and its success kindled
Amir Mu’aiyid’s restless ambition. He went' to Sari and
conciliated Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jail], and they jointly warned Azid-us-
Sultan, the Governor of Mazandaran, who was at Mashad-i-Sar,
that he must leave the province. An Ittihad-i-^abhristan
was formed of all the chiefs of Mazandaran, which informed the
Tehran Government that it intended to nominate its own
officials for Mazandaran, and proceeded to appoint Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Jalil as Governor. Money was raised by forced subscriptions
from the merchants of Barfarush in return for receipts signed
by Amir Mu’aiyid, Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jalil and Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Rafi and they began
to prepare assistance for the Jangalis. Their preparations
however were cut short by news of the Jangali defeat at Manjxl
by Bicherakofi and Dunsterforce in June 1918, and by internal
dissensions within the Ittihad-i-Tabaristan, which was in
fact a ‘‘one man” organization improvised and dominated by
Amir Mu’aiyid. Unlike the Ittihad-i-Islam of the Jangal,
where Kuchik Khan robbed the landlord to pay the peasant,
it was in no sense a socialistic society but an unholy alliance of
the great landlords to rivet their power on the province in defiance
of the Persian Government. To the peasantry, ground down
under their exactions, it could only bring additional misfortune.
It was, moreover, weak and divided and, after the summer
exodus from the plain of Mazandaran to the hills, Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jain,
who had never entered into the spirit of it, and had again
quarrelled with Amir Mu’aiyid, invited the Tehran Govern
ment to send a Governor, and his former partisan Itizad-us-
Sultaneh arrived in Mazandaran in the autumn. He ineffec
tually professed impartiality between the opposing parties until
the Amir and Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. threw off the mask, commenced hostile
preparations and divided the province into 2 armed camps. 1
1 Tabaristan is the ancient name for Mazandaran.